12% increase in Fairway Foodservice turnover
Fairway Foodservice’s 20 members increased their collective turnover last year from £715 million to £801.5 million, most of them achieving growth. The total income has risen year-on-year since 1995, when […]
Caterforce turnover leaps by £54 million
Foodservice buying and marketing group Caterforce has announced annual like-for-like sales growth of £54 million to £524 million. Managing director Nick Redford (pictured) pointed out that this is despite the […]
Barr launches £6 million Irn-Bru ‘Get Some Irn In You’ campaign
Barr Soft Drinks is investing £6 million in Irn-Bru, the UK’s No.1 flavoured carbonate brand (IRI), with a new campaign that will urge shoppers to ‘Get Some Irn In You’. […]
Country Range Group turnover hits £460 million
Country Range Group’s 12 wholesale members had total turnover of £460 million in 2018, with organic like-for-like sales growth of £30 million. Purchasing through the group increased by 12%. CRG […]
kff launches vegan range to meet customer demand
Foodservice wholesaler kff, with branches in Aylesford, Kent, and Witney, Oxon, has launched a range of vegan products, featuring meat and dairy-free dishes and including starters, mains, cakes, desserts, dairy […]
Britvic refreshes Tango with new look and three sugar-free flavours
Britvic is investing in its Tango brand with the introduction of three new sugar-free flavours, a packaging redesign and a £2.2 million marketing investment that will see the brand back […]
City of Glasgow College wins Country Range Student Chef Challenge again!
The winners of the 25th Country Range Student Chef Challenge at ScotHot were three cookery students from the City of Glasgow College – the second year running that the college […]
Bestway appoints Kenton Burchell as trading director
Bestway Wholesale has appointed Kenton Burchell to the role of trading director, working within the company’s executive team and reporting to managing director Dawood Pervez. The role was managed by […]
AG Barr: A winner time and time again
AG Barr has repeatedly won the Achievers ‘Best Overall Service’ award. Ian Johnstone talks about the supplier’s success and outlines his strategy for the wholesale industry this year. To win […]
Surge in sales of Herald disposable products
British manufacturer and importer of quality disposables Herald is enjoying an increase in sales across its full product range. For over 30 years, the family-run company has provided disposable products […]
Impulse Plan for Profit guide launched by Unitas
Unitas Wholesale has launched the first in the 2019 series of ‘Plan for Profit’ category guides – on impulse – and the first since the merger of Landmark and Today’s […]
50 years with King Brothers Foodservice
David Barton, 66, a director of King Brothers Foodservice, has retired after 50 years with the company, based on Orton Waterville, Peterborough. Barton (pictured) joined the wholesaler fresh out of […]
